Arcade Berg aka. "Learning Game Design with Arcade Berg"

My first – Announcing the game

When I was hired "back in the days", of course I'd signed an NDA, a contract forbidding me from talking about the game we're making.

The secrecy in some ways feels really cool. It might be the child in me, but it's nice to know that you know something everyone around you wanna know. And of course it feel cool to say:

- Sorry, I can't tell you.

But often it was annoying not being allowed to talk about it. Of course I wanted to tell all my friends that I was working on Terminator. It's friggin' Terminator!

Me, as well as many of my friends at work waited everyday for it to be announced. Where? When? How? When can I finally tell people!?

Then BANG, the game was announced on November 20th by Warner Bros. And let me tell you, it felt gooood! Shortly thereafter people starting contacting me on Skype and stuff like that. Some saying congratulations while some asked if that was the game I was working on. Being able to say "Yes" was such a relief!

Today when people ask what game I'm working on, instead of saying "I can't say" I'll say "A new Terminator-game" and people then immediately understand what I'm talking about.

I'm guessing it will be just as bothersome not being able to tell anyone about my next project either and I also think that the announcement of that project, whatever it is, will be just as exciting.

Do you really get "used to it" so it's not that big of a deal anymore? Actually, I hope not. I enjoy getting pumped for these kind of things!

I'm working on Terminator!

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